I have just had Windows Mail for about a month. I have hughes net for my
internet connection so I have been using their email service because
everytime I open my Windows Mail it starts downloading every email that has
ever been sent to me. I have some emails that have been sent to my computer
ten or twelve times. I tried letting it download all the emails and be done
with it but it never does. It stops in the middle somewhere. I guess it
won't hold 12k emails. It starts when direcway was switched to hughes net.

I cannot send emails and I can't read any new ones. Any suggestions on how
to fix this? Should I call up Microsoft and sit on hold forever??

Thanks.
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On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:16:01 -0700, cowboymom
<cowboymom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I have just had Windows Mail for about a month. I have hughes net for my
>internet connection so I have been using their email service because
>everytime I open my Windows Mail it starts downloading every email that has
>ever been sent to me. I have some emails that have been sent to my computer
>ten or twelve times. I tried letting it download all the emails and be done
>with it but it never does. It stops in the middle somewhere. I guess it
>won't hold 12k emails. It starts when direcway was switched to hughes net.
>
>I cannot send emails and I can't read any new ones. Any suggestions on how
>to fix this? Should I call up Microsoft and sit on hold forever??
>
>Thanks.

In Windows Mail...

Click on Tools, then Accounts.

Pick your main email address and choose Properties

Go to Advanced

At the bottom, is " leave a copy of message on server" ticked?

If so, untick it.

Click OK.

Do that for every email account you have.

"cowboymom" <cowboymom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:58C270F6-C1BE-4612-9A14-CFEA9E4BF6CB@microsoft.com...
>I have just had Windows Mail for about a month. I have hughes net for my
> internet connection so I have been using their email service because
> everytime I open my Windows Mail it starts downloading every email that
> has
> ever been sent to me. I have some emails that have been sent to my
> computer
> ten or twelve times. I tried letting it download all the emails and be
> done
> with it but it never does. It stops in the middle somewhere. I guess it
> won't hold 12k emails. It starts when direcway was switched to hughes
> net.
>
> I cannot send emails and I can't read any new ones. Any suggestions on
> how
> to fix this? Should I call up Microsoft and sit on hold forever??
>
> Thanks.
> --
> There are no stupid questions!

If you can access your mail through the web go there and delete all of them
If you cannot then contact your provider and ask then to clear your mail box
You have a stuck or a bad compiled email stuck in the providers box

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